Skirt-gage



v M. RUCKER.

SKIRT GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1919 1,319,248. I Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

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M. RUCKER.

SKIRT GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, I919- 1,3,19,248. I Patented Oct. 21,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILDRED RU'CKER; OF DANVILLE, 'KEIN'TUGKY.

. SKIRT- GAGE.

To all whom it may concern: g T I Be it known that I, MILDRED RUoknR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Boyle and State of Kentucky, have inventeda new and useful Skirt-Gage, of which the following'is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved skirt gage having a circular surface or collar for the skirt to lie upon while it is being marked; to provide improved means for adjusting the gage; to provide a combined brace and gage to ascertain the distance at which the gage is to be set and form a raised plate for the collar to rest upon; and to provide a gage which will not disarrange the dress nor require the person whose dress is being measured to whirl about, a procedure which causes dizziness and has been, one pf the inconveniences heretofore attendant on dress-making measuring methods.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention; Fig. 2 a top plan; Fig. 3 a vertical section; and Fig. 4 a side elevation.

Referring to the accompanying drawings I provide a suitable base 5 having a threaded post 6 of a suitable height and diameter rotatably mounted on post 6. I provide a rotatable top member 1 rotatably mounted on thread post 6. Attached to the periphery of rotatable top 1 is a suitable vertical band 2 to which is attached a horizontal plane surface member or collar 8, having an outer rim 4. The rim 4 is of slightly less height than the band 2, thus providing a guide and support for the crayon or marking wheel in marking the desired line on the skirt against band 2. I provide a suitable handle 14 on member 1 for rotating same. I

Base 5 is provided with suitable opposite slots 13 in which are slidably mounted rule supporting strips 15, to theouter ends of which are attached upright graduated scales 9 bearing suitable markings 16. Each of the graduated scales 9 are provided with a longitudinal slot 17 in which is slidably mounted a combined brace and gage 7, which is held in adjusted position on the rule (graduated scale) 9 by a suitable thumb nut 18. Member 15 is secured in its laterally adjusted position relative to base 5 by means of a suitable fastening member such as thread bolt and wing nut 8.

In operating the device the rule supporting strips 15 are moved laterally to the de- Specification of Letters Patent.

sired position, and fastening members 8 are Patented Oct. 21,1919. Application filed May 2, 1919; S eria1N0.294, 537. A

a'djusted'tohold them in the'desired later ally adjusted position. By this means members 9 are adjusted to accommodate the apparatus to personsof difierent girthsz The combined brace and gage members 7 and rules 9 are then adjusted to the desired height for the bottom of the skirt from the floor and secured in adjusted position by means of the wing nuts 18. Member 1 is then rotated on post 6 until collar 3 rests on the opposite combined braces and gage 7.

The person whose skirt to be measured then steps into the slots 19 of top member 1 so that the bottom of the skirt will fall in the recess between rim 4 and band 2 over collar 3. The skirt is then marked by the seamstress or tailor with a crayon or a tracing wheel, as the case may be, resting the pencil on rim 4 and the person then steps out of the device.

By the above described procedure the distance above the floor at which the dress is to be marked is ascertained before the person steps into the rotatable member ;l and is not required to whirl about to several difi'erent positions as has been required with various devices heretofore employed. Moreover the time required to measure and mark a dress is reduced to the minimum. The seamstress begins marking at a given point on the bottom of the skirt and continues marking around the dress until the starting point is reached. The marking can be done by the seamstress or tailor with but one change of position. 7

My invention may also be used to advantage for marking the distance above the hem of the skirt as a guide line on which to place folds, rufiles, tucks, and insertions, the marking being accomplished in a similar manner to that used in marking the bottom of the skirt.

What I claim is:

1. In a skirt gage, the combination of a base, a threaded post, a rotatable member having screw-threaded engagement with the post permitting vertical adjustment of said member, said member havino an annular recess to receive the bottom (If the skirt, upright scales adjustably secured to the base,

and combined braces and gages adapted to scribed in claim 1, a rim on the outer portion on the rotatable member, a collar to 'ment With the post.

3. In a skirt gage, a base member, laterally adjustable vertical scales having graduations thereon, combined braces and gages slidably mounted on each of the scales, and

adapted to contact with a rotatable member, means for securing said members in the desired adjusted position, a threaded post mounted on the base member, and a rotatable member attached to and vertically adjustable on the post and having a recessed portion to receive the bottom of the skirt, and means for rotating the rotatable member substantially as set forth.

' MILDRED RUCKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0. 

